Question

AIM was ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

AIM was a radical group of Native American activists who occupied the settlement of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Explanation:

American Indian Movement (abbreviated AIM) is an American activist organization for the United States Indigenous People, founded in 1968 in Minneapolis.  

The organization was formed to address various issues related to modern Native American society in Minneapolis, including poverty, housing problems and police brutality. After its start in Minnesota, AIM began to attract members from both the United States and Canada. The organization participated in the Rainbow Coalition, which was organized by civil rights activist Fred Hampton.

In October 1971, AIM gathered its members from across the country for a protest in Washington, D.C., which they called the Way of the Broken Treaties. AIM gained national attention when the organization occupied the Bureau of Indian Affairs national headquarters and presented a list of 20 requirements to the federal government. Two years later, in 1973, AIM led a 71-day armed conflict with federal forces at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on Pine Ridge.

Answer 2

Answer:

a radical group of Native American activists who occupied the settlement of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation

Explanation:

AIM is an acronym that represents a group called the "American India Movement". This group was formed in Minnesota by Native Americans who aimed to protest the inhumane treatment that Native Americans were suffering due to colonialism in America.  In addition to the protests, AIM sought better employment, education, protection and stability opportunities for indigenous communities.